Publications

The Australian National Risk Assessment Model (ANRAM) helps road agencies identify fatal and serious injury (severe) crash risk across all parts of the road network. ANRAM helps road agencies manage this risk through development of treatment…

This Pavement Work Tip provides a handy summary of the Austroads AP-T235-13 Guide to the Selection and use of Polymer Modified Binders and Multigrade Bitumens.

This report incorporates recent research, best practice examples, and jurisdictional inputs to propose a set of model national speed limit guidelines for setting speed limits at high-risk locations. The model guidelines represent a harm reduction…

This study investigated whether the segregation propensity of a polymer modified binder (PMB) during hot storage affects its performance on the road.

The Australian PMB specification currently includes a segregation test which determines whether the…

This report presents the findings from the first year of a three year Austroads study which aims to maximise the re-use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in new asphalt product. The objective of this first year of study is to improve the…

This report presents the results of a literature review and laboratory study which was conducted as part of the development of a new-long term ageing (durability) test for bituminous binders used in sprayed seals in Australia.

The literature review…

Bitumen, an important component used in road construction in Australia and New Zealand, is manufactured from a finite, non-renewable crude oil resource. A number of commercially available alternative binders and bitumen extended binders have been…

This report describes the planning and construction of Australian field trials which will measure of the relative performance of polymer modified binders (PMBs) used in strain alleviating membranes in sprayed bituminous sealing. Issues addressed in…

This Pavement Work Tip is a guide to the use of cutter oils in hot PMB binders used in sprayed sealing work.

This document provides a guide to the selection of modified binders including multigrade bitumens for different treatments and service conditions, and to assist in the use and interpretation of the Austroads Specification Framework for Polymer…